Most of you probably already know that I actually adopted two puppies from a refuge in Madawaska County in Edmundston! Their names are Iza and Jake, they’re German Shepherd puppies and are brother and sister. I love them.

I’ve had a lot of people say things like, “Two dogs! That’s a lot of work!” or even “Why did you get two!?”. Well my friends, I work at least 8 hours a day, Monday-Friday, and so I didn’t really want to leave a puppy home alone for that long; I’ve wanted to have two dogs for the LONGEST time; and they’re brother and sister! They were just begging to be adopted together. All things considered together, how could I NOT adopt two? On top of that, the amount of work it takes to train two puppies is definitely not twice as much as one. I would hardly even call it much harder than one puppy. You have to do the exact same things for each dog… you feed them at the same time, you take them outside to use the bathroom at the same time, you pick up their poops the same way (so what if there are two rather than one? What’s that take.. an extra 15 seconds?). The ONE thing I can imagine would count as “more work” is trying to discipline them both when they do something wrong. I.e. if Iza’s chewing on something she’s not supposed to, she gets scolded; then if Jake decides to chew something else, he gets scolded. So yes.. maybe there is ‘more training’ to do, BUT do not overlook the fact that they see the other one being scolded and so typically when one gets scolded for something, the other one learns from it too. They’re also best friends and love to play with each other and it’s adorable. WEOO Puppies!

In other news, I moved into a new house! I wanted out of the apartment I was in because it was way too loud and didn’t have a yard for the dogs. It was fine when they were small and young, but big dogs can’t stay in an apartment like that. They needed room to run around, not to mention me not wanting to clean up their poop and pee so frequently from off of the balcony. The apartment was loud because it was downtown, right beside a Greco Pizza, so we heard their bomb cars coming and going at all hours of the night to do their deliveries, as well as the transfer trucks coming in the wee hours of the morning to deliver the stock for them. PLUS the dumpster sized garbage trucks that would come to empty the garbages, and they’re LOUD. Jeff and I literally slept with ear plugs in. So the new house takes care of that problem! It’s further away from work, but it’s not loud anymore, it’s in a nice neighbourhood with lots of green things versus pavement.

A guy I graduated with also works at the mill with me and he’s moved into the house too so now I have a roommate and someone to talk to, so the whole…

Home alone, trying to find something to do

has been slightly improved! We still sort of do our own things, since he likes sports and gambling and I’m not particularly adept at either… but it’s still great to have a friend around.

We’re both actually going back to Fredericton this weekend! I’m driving the two of us and the dogs there Friday afternoon. Pumped for the split in gas cost! Win-win situations are the best.
He’s going to visit friends and… I think there’s something else he was planning on doing.. now I feel like a bad friend for not remembering.
I’m also going to visit friends, but the frosh week concert is that weekend too and it’s DRAGONETTE! I’m so fucking excited.

Martina of Dragonette

My wonderful friend Natalie said we (me and the dogs) can stay with her which is nice since another friend had planned on letting me stay but his landlord vetoed it because of the dogs.. blurg.

OH WELL! Everything’s working out nicely and life is hanging out on the positive side of the spectrum 🙂
If only I got to see Jeff a little more often, then life would be pretty close to perfect. (He left Saturday morning for school to take his second degree).

I hope the update left you all feeling a little more filled in on my life and a little more intrigued in the idea of having two dogs around hahhaha
Thanks for reading!

I’ve actually had a few people ask me why I haven’t updated in a while! That was a bit of a surprise, but I really appreciate the enthusiastic readers! 🙂

Just a heads up, my regular life is MUCH more boring than the life I lived in Australia hahaha, so be prepared for a mediocre post.

I realized that I haven’t really told you guys what my current situation is in depth! So in short, I’m living with one of my good friends Sunny and my boyfriend Jeff in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Sunny and I ready for St. Patrick’s Day

I work at the Limerick Pulp and Paper Research Center here on campus for one of my professors. I was originally supposed to work with one of the masters students working there helping him with his work, but he didn’t really NEED me so I’m helping with work that has to be done for clients instead. It’s pretty repetitive, but it’s busy so the days go by quickly! I just wish I got to be outside for nice days like when I lifeguarded rather than inside playing with wood pulp. Guh.

Last weekend was so awesome; Jeff and I went back to PEI for Canada Day weekend. I tried to get my work done as fast as I could so that we could leave as early as possible (Jeff luckily had been given most of the day off!). We jumped in the car Thursday afternoon and trecked to PEI. In short, the line up of events was going to the drive-in with Callen and Tom, fireworks, camping, and the beach.

Tom and Callen (sorry bout the drink picture Callen)

Kung-Fu Panda 2, Transformers 3, and Super 8 were playing. We watched the first two and all four of us agreed that Kung-Fu Panda was better than Transformers.. that movie SUCKED. Don’t watch it. After Transformers was over it was 2 in the morning and we were all pretty discouraged from the level of shittiness so we left before Super 8 came on. Soooo can’t tell you if that was good or not!
Friday was Canada Day! We went to Tea Hill Beach (Park?) to help out and volunteer with the events going on there, then came back in town to meet up with some of my friends to have some drinks before going to watch the fireworks. They were really nice and the group was pretty great :).

Canada Day!

Other Brian looks pretty squinty, Jeff’s a bit sunburnt, my eyes are red, Claire’s Blurry… but whatevs. It was fun.
Saturday came next (it’s after Friday, then Sunday comes afterwards) and we went camping with my dad and the dog!

Zeke!

It was actually SUPER fun. My dad used to take me and brothers camping a lot when we were younger and we’ve tried to keep it up as much as we can. We go camping camping too, not that campground in a RV type camping. We pack a tent, some food, little stove, cooler, etc. and a canoe. We go out to the middle of nowhere, canoe up a river, and set up camp in a clearing. It was amazing.

Sunday we came back a little worse for wear in the way of mosquito bites, a lot sweaty but very happy. When we got back home it was beautiful out so we unloaded all of the camping stuff, let Zeke run to the basement to cool off, and Jeff and I packed up our beach stuff! We were only there for about an hour but we had to go before we went back to Fredericton, it wasn’t an option. So all in all, a pretty freakin good Island weekend I think! Drive-in, Fireworks, Camping, and the Beach!

The week went on as usual after that, work Monday, Tuesday, and today. We went to the grocery store yesterday and spent a small fortune on food.. mostly for Air Miles deals.. but we won’t have to go back for awhile I think!

Blogging.
I honestly never thought I’d get into it.. and I’m still not sure if I will. However, I’ll spare you with the typical “I’m new to this, this is my first post, what should I write about” nonsense and just dive right in and see what happens.

I guess a bit of an intro to start?
Hi! I’m Brian. I love grammar, food, math and Lady Gaga. Remember those things and you’re probably pretty close to being my friend already! I’m living in Fredericton, New Brunswick with one of my best friends Sunny and my boyfriend Jeff. I’m originally from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and it’s the very best place to live. That’s a fact.

Jeff (left) and Me

Charlottetown

Fredericton

I think I’ve decided I’ll have a couple different themes for this blog, sort of whatever’s on my mind at the time, but I have a few ideas for things I want to write a few posts about. The first I think might be Australia.

I went on exchange to Melbourne, Australia for the second semester of my third year of university, lived there from January of 2010 until the end of June 2010. It was incredible and I left with many many memories. I hope I can write about it and do the trip justice as well as perhaps convince some of you to make the trip down yourselves!